Alconbury

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Alconbury
A Weeping Willow in Alconbury, taken from across Alconbury Brook
Alconbury shown within Cambridgeshire
OS grid reference	TL1875
Shire county	Cambridgeshire
Region	East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Cambridgeshire
Fire	Cambridgeshire
Ambulance	East of England
European Parliament	East of England
List of places: UK • England • Cambridgeshire

Coordinates: 52°22′N 0°16′W / 52.36, -0.26

Alconbury is a village in the English county of Cambridgeshire.

It is in the district of Huntingdonshire and gives its name to RAF Alconbury. It is near to the point where a major north/south road, the A1, crosses a (rare) major east/west road, the A14. As of 2005 there are proposals to convert the airfield (now redundant) into a freight-only commercial airport to benefit from these surface links.

The village has its own parish council of 11 members, neighbourhood watch group, cricket club, football teams, several pubs, doctor's surgery, post office and houses the local MP.

There are several annual events held including The Midsummer Fun Fair, The NHW Summer Fête and The Dame Norma Major charity cricket match.

Alconbury is also home to the controversial research laboratory, Huntingdon Life Sciences.

Alconbury also has its own group on social networking site Facebook.